January 16, 2025

Water Reuse Strategies for U.S. Cities

18 minutes

In this episode of Talking Under Water, Co-host Bob Crossen talks with John Newsome, administrator for the Division of Water for the City of Columbus, Ohio and president of the newly founded Ohio WateReuse Association Chapter, discuss all things related to water reuse.

Various states, including California, Texas, Florida and Arizona are all in various stages of water reuse regulatory developments, and here, Newsome discusses how Ohio has joined the pack. Newsome touches on what drove this desire, how water reuse fits into coordinating with industrial users and partners, and where the state is drawing inspiration from in developing the water future for Ohio.

Show Notes:

The Water Reuse Revolution

Water Reuse: A Short Guide

Key takeaways from U.S. EPA's Potable Reuse and PFAS Q&A document

Timestamps:

Intro | 0:09

Interview begins | 1:14

How conversations on water reuse look | 1:32

What are you relationships with industrial partners right now? | 3:34

Building upon existing relationships for future success | 6:05

Municipal versus on-site industrial reuse | 8:07

What does the Ohio wate reuse vision look like? | 9:31

Taking inspiration from other state water reuse frameworks | 12:10

Managing and educating stakeholders | 13:40

Water reuse technology is tested and proven | 14:5

WateReuse Indsustrial Conference in Columbus, OH | 15:17

Housekeeping | 16:38

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Talking Under Water is the premier podcast for the water industry, including municipal water and wastewater, residential water treatment, storm water management and erosion control. It is produced in coordination between Wastewater Digest (WWD), WaterWorld and Storm Water Solutions (SWS). The podcast covers topics under the One Water movement including the municipal and industrial water and wastewater, residential, storm water and erosion control markets. Talking Under Water highlights news, trends, new technologies, industry discussions and on-site interviews with experts across the municipal water industry. New episodes of the podcast are released every other week. Logo Images: Anatoly Tiplyashin / Romolo Tavani / stock.adobe.com.  

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